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Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 20, 2017
Applicants:

Imperial College Innovations Limited, London, GB;

Universite D'aix Marseille, Marseilles, FR;

Ecole Centrale DE Marseille, Marseilles, FR;

Centre National DE LA Recherche Scientifique, Paris, FR;

Inventors:

Tryfon Antonakakis, London, GB;

Richard Craster, London, GB;

Younes Achaoui, Paris, FR;

Stefan Enoch, Paris, FR;

Sebastien Guenneau, Paris, FR;

Stephane Brule, Saint Genis Laval, FR;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 31/08 (2006.01); E04H 9/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02D 31/08 (2013.01); E04H 9/02 (2013.01);
Abstract

A seismic wave shield for protecting an area from seismic vibrations and a method of shielding an area from seismic waves by installing a seismic wave shield. The seismic wave shield comprises a set of columns embedded in regolith and in contact with bedrock. There is a material contrast between a material forming the columns and the regolith.


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